Comments on: Why aren’t you watching Matt Cutts videos?

By: aj

aj — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:57:21 +0000

There is a ton of (bad) SEO content out there, which is why Matt’s videos are a pretty good resource for those not deep in the industry.

I also wonder if the text based bias we have in SEO means we don’t find the video medium that compelling. Do SEOs simply not find videos interesting? Do they prefer to read versus watch? It’s an interesting topic.

By: aj

aj — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:51:15 +0000

I grant you that some of the videos are … eye-rolling dull and pedantic. And I share your frustration at the paid links and splogs that seem to help sites gain trust and authority.

Yet, a two minute video which might give me some additional insight into the algorithm or how Google is approaching things seems worthwhile, right? There’s no shortage of bad SEO content on the web. At least you know what you’re getting from Matt and if you read between the lines or wait for that offhand remark, you can start to connect the dots.

By: mark rushworth

mark rushworth — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:15:33 +0000

I dont watch them because 9 times out of 10 its nothing new!

Google will continue to preach the whiter than white approach to SEO tactics which should the world jump to an alternate reality tomorrow where no one ever thought to build/buy links still wouldnt work in the commercial realm.

build ‘good’ content – how can an ecommerce page trying to sell blue rubberized widgets be ‘good’ content? It just cant! theyre not interesting enough and when youve 6 different types of only slightly varied widgets to sell even more so.

do a backlink check on the top 20 sites for sofas and youll see that a vast majority of links are bought without google doing a jot about it.

/rant lol

in short, matts videos dont offer any insight over what we already know… granted occasionally theres a tiny nugget of confirmation but apart from that its all pretty dull stuff.

By: Spyros

Spyros — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:09:02 +0000

Actually, i was thinking about that as well. It’s a bit weird indeed. I’ve watched practically every video that Matt Cutts has made. I suppose that most people in the field probably don’t know about him. It doesn’t make any sense otherwise.

By: Ileane @ Ms. Ileane Speaks

Ileane @ Ms. Ileane Speaks — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:02:20 +0000

Hi AJ, I wondered the same thing myself. I’m not very knowledgeable about SEO because I find all of the research rather boring. I’ve picked up a few tips here and there on different blogs and a couple of times I watched Matt’s videos on YT. I always find it interesting that most of the watch counts are so low. I think people find it more exciting to chase the “unknown” factors of page rank and SERP and less appealing to watch Matt discuss the known factors.
By the way Lynda.com has an excellent course on the topic, but I fall asleep every time I try to watch the whole thing. I’ll get through it one day….